2011 | 'The Ides of March'

Saeed Adyani / Columbia Pictures

Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney) shows his young-buck spokesman (Ryan Gosling) the all-scheming side of politics while running his presidential campaign. The hardball milieu can transform even the most ideological supporter into a hardened cynic quicker than the next campaign scandal unfolds. Campaign lesson learned: Even close friends and colleagues are capable of betrayal, taking a page from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," it's best to "beware the ides of March."

Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney) shows his young-buck spokesman (Ryan Gosling) the all-scheming side of politics while running his presidential campaign. The hardball milieu can transform even the most ideological supporter into a hardened cynic quicker than the next campaign scandal unfolds. Campaign lesson learned: Even close friends and colleagues are capable of betrayal, taking a page from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," it's best to "beware the ides of March." (Saeed Adyani / Columbia Pictures)

Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney) shows his young-buck spokesman (Ryan Gosling) the all-scheming side of politics while running his presidential campaign. The hardball milieu can transform even the most ideological supporter into a hardened cynic quicker than the next campaign scandal unfolds. Campaign lesson learned: Even close friends and colleagues are capable of betrayal, taking a page from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," it's best to "beware the ides of March."